Mason Plumlee has decided to return for his senior year at Duke, which all Duke fans are happy about. He was projected to go late in the first round of the NBA draft and might have slipped to the second and next year appears to be weaker, so with a decent to good year he could improve his draft status (and make a lot more money). Had Mason left, there would be a big question mark in the center position. Hopefully the team will work on getting him a lot more touches next season. There were a number of games where you really, I mean really wondered why Mason didn’t get the ball more. For example, when Duke lost in the …

Amanda took Milly outside today and found a caterpillar to put in the little bug cage Karen bought for her a few weeks ago. There was a stick and leaves for it and everything. When we left for small group, she and Kirsten were playing with it out on the patio. When we got home from small group, Kirsten showed us a video she took. In it, Milly walked away with Mr. Caterpillar as she called it, then she sat down. Kirsten walked over to her and Milly told her, “He is broken.” I don’t know if she sat on it or if she pushed herself up with her hands while it was in her hand, but Mr. Caterpillar got …

Not sure what time I got up today, but I did get to sleep in some. Felt fine, if a little swimmy still. No hangover. I never really did get hangovers. I can think of only one time that I ever did. Parents made breakfast for us all then there was a bunch of general hanging out. Milly, Addie and Rosa played great together. Jackson played well with them too. They kept going upstairs and once I found Milly all by herself trying to get into the top bunk. Might have been there a while because Addie came downstairs and told me Milly needed some help. Guys all went to the woods to shoot Dad’s .22 pistol and rifle. Jackson …

Spent morning with Josh and Jackson shooting arrows, BBs and pellets at targets in the field. Took them on a walk in the woods after that and showed them a bunch of the old buildings back there. Josh found a small deer skull with antlers and a jawbone. Jackson wanted to shoot something with his BB gun and eat the meat. The Hausers arrived just in time for Monique and Rosa to leave with Amanda, Mom and Milly to go to Erin’s pole dancing party. I spent time watching basketball with Simon. Maryland took on Duke at Cameron and lost by 18. Great game by Miles Plumlee. In 2010 I watched a Maryland game at Duke while at my parents’ …

You know what blew my mind more than anything else today? Wonder Pets. There was an episode about a punk rock skunk looking for a band, and at the end of it I noticed Ming Ming had a skirt, so I suddenly realized that Ming Ming was a girl. It made sense after I thought about it for a minute. That wasn’t what did it for me though. Here, I’ll post a the Twitter conversations I had then the Facebook one. ZdotC10:37am via HootSuite I only just now realized that Ming Ming is a girl. thedevilwolf10:38am via Web @ZdotC oh come on nickwarkentien11:26am via Tweetie for Mac @ZdotC I came to that same realization about 50 episodes in 🙂 nickwarkentien11:27am via Tweetie …